Redefining and positioning the forgefriends project

Agreed. Important is that we all realize the breadth and scope in which we can dream and take initiatives to realize these dreams to move in a common direction. In my other initiative (beyond scope, but called innercircles) I avoid talking about Vision, as they are too much a straight, formal jacket. And prefer talking Dreams where there’s much more individual agency, but we can still share common dreams :slight_smile:

It is up to Forgefriends as a whole to determine how we shape all of this, and that can take many forms. Right now Code Forges do not fit the entire development lifecycle. There are more people than developers involved, and there are more tools that come into play, plus activities that we do without software support (which may benefit from automation, or just fit in snugly in comprehensive processes).

Just an example, but one barrier to inclusivity on a free software project might be when you ask a completely non-technical person to sign up to a code forge an participate in an issue tracker discussion, which can be quite intimidating to them.

When thinking of that example is also where we are crossing over to what Social Coding means, as it wants to bridge the gap between technologists and everyone else that is involved in any way, shape or form.